Shigatse Peace Airport

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Shigatse Peace Airport

日喀则和平机场
གཞིས་ཀ་རྩེ་ཞི་བདེ་གནམ་གྲུ་ཐང།
Shigatse Peace Airport.jpg
Terminal Building
  • IATA: RKZ
  • ICAO: ZURK
Summary
Airport typeMilitary/Public
ServesShigatse, Tibet A.R.
LocationJangdam, Samzhubzê District, Shigatse
Opened1973 (military)
30 October 2010 (public)
Elevation AMSL3,782 m / 12,408 ft
Coordinates29°21′06″N 89°18′25″E / 29.35167°N 89.30694°E / 29.35167; 89.30694Coordinates: 29°21′06″N 89°18′25″E / 29.35167°N 89.30694°E / 29.35167; 89.30694
Map
RKZ is located in Tibet
RKZ
RKZ
Location of airport in the Tibet A.R.
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
09/27 5,000 16,404 Concrete
07/25 3,000 9,843 Concrete
Source:[1]
Shigatse Peace Airport
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese日喀则和平机场
Traditional Chinese日喀則和平機場
Tibetan name
Tibetanགཞིས་ཀ་རྩེ་ཞི་བདེ་གནམ་གྲུ་ཐང།

Shigatse Peace Airport (IATA: RKZ, ICAO: ZURK), Shigatse Heping Airport, or Shigatse Air Base, is a dual-use military and civilian airport serving Shigatse, the second largest city in Tibet Autonomous Region, China. It is located in Jangdam Township,[2] 43 kilometres (27 mi) from Shigatse. Situated at an elevation of 3,782 metres (12,408 ft), it is one of the highest airports in the world.[2]

Construction of Shigatse Airport started in 1968 and was completed in 1973. It was solely for military use until 2010, when a 532 million yuan expansion was completed. On 30 October 2010, the airport was opened as the fifth civilian airport in Tibet.[3]

Facilities[]

The airport has a 5,000 meter runway with a 60-meter asphalt overrun at each end. It is the longest public runway in the world.[4] It also features a 4,500 square-metre terminal building. It is projected to handle 230,000 passengers and 1,150 tonnes of cargo annually by 2020.[3][1]

Post-Doklam crisis, a new runway of approx. 9,840 ft was constructed for military purposes. The runway is located at the west-end of its primary runway.[5]

Gallery[]

  • Inside the terminal

  • Airport taxiways

  • Airport taxiways

  • Airport terminal (a view from tarmac)

  • Satellite view of the airport (2017)

Airlines and destinations[]

AirlinesDestinations
China Eastern Airlines Shanghai–Pudong, Xi'an
Tibet Airlines Chengdu–Shuangliu, Xi'an
West Air Chongqing[6]

Map and location markers[]

[Interactive fullscreen map]
Key:-
1
Runway 1 (16,404ft)
2
Runway 2 (9,843ft)
3
Main Terminal
4
Air Traffic Control tower

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Airport information for Shigatse Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
  2. ^ a b 西藏第五个民用机场日喀则机场正式通航 (in Chinese). Xinhua. 2010-10-30.[dead link]
  3. ^ a b 西藏第五个民用机场日喀则机场正式通航 (in Chinese). Xinhua. 2010-10-30.
  4. ^ List of Longest Runways
  5. ^ "2nd Runway at Shigatse Peace Airport - Google Maps". Google Maps. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
  6. ^ "China West Air flight PN6450". Flightradar24.
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